Up to 45 minutes of full-screen animation for less than the price of a normal game

Nintendo have announced that they will shortly begin selling special video carts that will play on GBA. Due to go on sale in the US on 21 June, priced at $19.99 (just over Â£11), they will be able to handle up to 45 minutes of full-screen animation.

The series of carts, which will slot into your Game Boy like a normal game and require no additional hardware, will initially feature episodes from the Pokemon cartoon series (of which there have been over 300 in all), with Playing with Fire! and Johto Photo Finish on one cart and A Hot Water Bottle and For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll! on another.